Curitiba 1940 - The city was experiencing rapid growth and had a thriving agricultural sector and attracted migrants from Japan, Syria and Lebanon. This led to increasing demand for:
Housing
Services
Transportation
The city planners developed new sewers and road systems
Unchecked growth 1960s - The residents feared problems such as Urban Sprawl, fewer open/green spaces and lost character
Limited urban sprawl
protecting all existing green spaces
preserve public buildings
new fast direct transport links in and out of the city
affordable public transport
The master plan 1970s:
First predestrian only street
Trinany road system
The Green Era 1980s:
Green areas protected from development
City wide recycling program
Public transport system expanded - colour-coded bus lanes to highlight the different bus routes
International Recognition 1990s:
more green spaces
protecting more cultural sites
high speed bus routes and bus stops
botanical garden and opera hous built on the site of a disused quary
New industries such as Audi and Renault
Millennium:
Tourism very important to the city's economy
sight-seeing bus service
new skills training for poorly paid residents
built a new technology park
investing heavily in alternative fuel technologies
Curitiba is an excellent example of a sustainable city.
Below is an excellent link showing how Curitiba is sustainable:
Curitiba weblink#
Curitiba 1940 - The city was experiencing rapid growth and had a thriving agricultural sector and attracted migrants from Japan, Syria and Lebanon. This led to increasing demand for:
- Housing
- Services
- Transportation
The city planners developed new sewers and road systemsUnchecked growth 1960s - The residents feared problems such as Urban Sprawl, fewer open/green spaces and lost character
- Limited urban sprawl
- protecting all existing green spaces
- preserve public buildings
- new fast direct transport links in and out of the city
- affordable public transport
The master plan 1970s:- First predestrian only street
- Trinany road system
The Green Era 1980s:- Green areas protected from development
- City wide recycling program
- Public transport system expanded - colour-coded bus lanes to highlight the different bus routes
International Recognition 1990s:- more green spaces
- protecting more cultural sites
- high speed bus routes and bus stops
- botanical garden and opera hous built on the site of a disused quary
- New industries such as Audi and Renault
Millennium: